The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 23,763 - Jun 7 2002

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A dangerous beast - and meaner at break MANEATER
A form to do away with! REMOVE
A raptor's really big kill OSPREY
Army call-up REVEILLE
Be a winger and get going! BEATIT
Catch mount the wrong way, which is deplorable ROTTEN
Complaints made by many males in small islands AILMENTS
Dodges back inside as advised - a very wise decision EVADES
English poet and English epic poetry EPOPEE
Fire the fellow at the end of December HEATER
Firm note cutting days off STEADY
Heartless people returning fish and other food PEANUT
Inclined to be corrupt BENT
Is it essential to watch one's diet? EYETOOTH
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Jewellery for women in topmost position TIARAS
Left in the long grass, so it's said REPORTED
Monotonous scenery? FLAT
Not a square dance! BALL
Off-peak caller YODELLER
Place stone in a new setting, showing play of colour OPALESCENT
Pop back enveloped in dry wrap SERAPE
Put up with a pain in the neck BORE
Seafood as the principal part of a meal? MAINCOURSE
Stopped up to ten and collapsed PUTANENDTO
The chief's old - keeping quiet STAPLE
The parsimony of the average head! MEANNESS
The record's being set straight by the old town DORCHESTER
Tiles are fixed before anything else EARLIEST